Qingji thought for a while, and then said: "After the death of the widow, the merits and demerits will be evaluated by their descendants." Honorific titles, nicknames, and temple numbers can all be added to the widow. ”

"King Shengming!"

Qunchen Mountain shouted.

Evaluating the merits and demerits of a character is often not something that can be described clearly in just a few words, and the ancients chose to use epithets to summarize in order to facilitate the conclusion of the coffin of historical figures.

Generally speaking, emperors and generals have nicknames, and the Son of Heaven also has temple numbers.

The title of the emperor is often associated with the name of the year, the name of the emperor and the name of the temple.

Tang Gaozu is the temple name, Emperor Yang of Sui is the name of the temple, and Qianlong is the name of the year.

Generally, the earliest emperor's name was used more, and later the temple name was more, and the Ming and Qing dynasties were often more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Like Wen, Wu, Ming, Rui, Kang, Jing, Zhuang, Xuan, and Yi are all praised, and Emperor Hui is mediocre.

For example, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty were incapable, and Emperor Qian, Emperor Chong, and Emperor Shao (as they were called by later generations, not an official nickname) were often enthroned at an early age and died early.

Li, Ling, Yang are all evil, mourning, thinking is not a good word, but there are some sympathetic meanings, generally used as the middle and late dynasties of the monarch, such as the late Ming Dynasty Emperor Chongzhen posthumously for Sizong.

Those who were overthrown in the coup d'état were called the deposed emperor (the name of later generations, not an official name), and the monarch of the dead country was called the last emperor.

In addition, Sun Quan is a special case, his nickname is the Great Emperor, which is unique.

As the founder, Qingji was the first emperor, and his honorific title was "First Emperor", which can generally be called "Wu First Emperor".

If you have a name or a temple number, Qingji has thought about it for herself.

The ancestors are meritorious, and the ancestors are virtuous.

Qingji can be "Emperor Wu Wendi" in the future, which is the highest level of nickname.

According to the Zhou rites, the seven temples of the Son of Heaven, that is, the Son of Heaven only respects seven generations of ancestors, but the temple number is retained from generation to generation, and there is no temple number.

When a certain time comes, he will be "destroyed by his own relatives" and no longer keep his temple, but attach his god to another temple.

Qingji created a unified Wu Dynasty, which has been built through the ages, and the temple number can be "Taizu".

Full name: Emperor Taizuwen of Wu, also known as "First Emperor" and "First Emperor Wu".

As for the year name, Qingji didn't care.

The year he succeeded to the throne of King Wu was the "first year of the first emperor".

At this time, Dazai Wenzhong came out with a tooth wat in his hand and said: "The king, for the imperial ceremony, and for the formulation of my Great Wu's etiquette and music fashion, the minister thinks that the Great King should establish the totem of Great Wu this morning!" ”

Totem?

Qing Ji remembered that there was indeed such a thing.

The Divine Destiny Bird descends to give birth to business.

The totem of the Shang clan is the "Xuanniao".

The Qin people rose in Dog Hill and Weishui, and had water virtue, so they took the "dragon" as the totem.

The Chu people believe in the nine-headed bird, probably the birds such as the Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix as totems.

If it is Wu Guo's turn, the totem is still quite complicated.

It can be seen from the exclusive Wu Wang Daxu of Qingji.

"King, since the founding of Taibo, the totem system of my Wu country is quite complicated, including dragons, phoenixes, Xuanniao, Xuanwu, etc., too many to mention. However, the unification of the Wu country should establish a totem belonging to the Wu people! ”

Wen Chong thought for a while, bowed to Qingji and said, "The minister thinks that Wu Chengzhou's system is different. The ancestor of the Zhou clan was Houji, the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yu, and the son of the Yuan Concubine Jiang Yan. ”

"When Houji is a child, it is good to plant hemp and mushrooms."

"When you become an adult, you have the right land, you are good at growing grains and crops, and you are taught to farm. Yao heard that as a farmer, the world has its benefits, meritorious, it is sealed in Tai, and the totem of Houji at that time is 'Xuanwu'. ”

"When King Wen of Zhou, Fengming Qishan. The phoenix, the king of birds, is the totem sacred bird of the Zhou room, a symbol of joy, auspiciousness, tranquility and nobility. ”

"And Taibo, the ancestor of my Wu Kingdom, takes the Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix as the totem, and the folk tribes also have bears, snakes, Xuanniao, dragons and other birds and beasts as totems."

"There are still birds in the south, and animals in the north. The kingdom of Wu originated in the southeast, and according to the canonical system, the king can use the phoenix as the totem of my great Wu! ”

The so-called totem means that people in primitive times regarded a certain animal, plant or non-living thing as their relatives, ancestors or protectors.

It is believed that they have a supernatural force that will protect themselves and that they can also gain their powers and skills.

In the eyes of primitive people, the totem was actually a personified object of worship.

The totem as an object of worship is not primarily his natural image itself, but in the kinship it embodies.

The meaning of totem worship is also to confirm the unity of the blood relationship of the clan members......

Phoenix?

The phoenix is a noble sacred bird, and with the phoenix as the totem of the Wu Dynasty, Qingji does not mind.

"The king, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

Kong Qiu stood up for the first time to refute and said: "My Great Wu is the beginning of the new dynasty, and Vientiane is renewed, how can I use the same totem as the Zhou Dynasty?" ”

"The totem of my Wu Dynasty is not the totem of a family, but the totem of the people of the world."

"The so-called totem is a symbol of the origin of the nation and the origin of culture."

"Tracing back to the source, I think that the dragon is more suitable as the totem of my Great Wu."

"The dragon, with the serpent as the main body, receives the four legs of the beast, the hair of the horse, the tail of the mane, the horns of the deer, the claws of the dog, and the scales and whiskers of the fish."

"It means that the ancient Chinese clan tribes with snakes as totems continue to defeat and merge with other clans and tribes, that is, snakes continue to merge with other totems and gradually evolve into dragons."

"Ancient books record that the two myths of 'the death of the dragon and the transformation into the yellow dragon are the use of the Yu' and 'the Mandate of Heaven Xuanniao (that is, the phoenix), descending to give birth to the Shang', which proves that the dragon is the totem of the Xia people and the phoenix is the totem of the Yin people."

"The Zhou Dynasty was virtuous, so he won the world on behalf of Yin Shang, and continued the phoenix as his totem."

After a pause, Kong Qiu quoted the scriptures again, and continued to speak to Qingji: "Dragon, the length of the scale insect, can be dark and bright, can be big and small, can be long and short, ascend to the sky at the spring equinox, and enter the abyss at the autumn equinox. ”

"The four spirits of the heavens are square. The husband and the dragon have seven residences, horns, hyper, di, fang, heart, tail, and kei. ”

"At the beginning of spring farming, the night sky in the east of the Canglong Qisu began to rise slowly, and the first thing to show was the bright dragon's head, the Horn Su."

"In summer, crops grow, and the seven nights of the dragon hang high in the southern night sky; And in autumn, the crops are harvested, and the seven nights of Canglong also begin to fall in the west; In winter, everything is hidden, and the Seven Nights of the Dragon are hidden below the northern horizon. ”

"At the turn of the four seasons, isn't it the Canglong who rules all things in heaven and earth?"

"In my Chinese land, there are actually more people who believe in the dragon as a totem."

"Now, the king is in the world and the Wu Dynasty is established, why not follow the hearts of the people and take the dragon as a totem?"

"Good."

Qingji decided to take the "dragon" as the totem of Wu and the totem of China, and officially established it.

In general, the dragon and the phoenix are both totems of the belief of the Wu Kingdom, and now it is just a matter of letting Qingji choose one of the two and make a suitable choice.